Tottenham were beaten to the signature of Eberechi Eze by rivals Arsenal at the last minute, the latest transfer blow after missing out on Morgan Gibbs-White and Bryan Mbeumo earlier in the window

Spurs have missed out on the Crystal Palace midfielder, who is joining Arsenal instead. But it may not be quite as simple as

It felt for some time that Eberechi Eze would be a Tottenham player eventually, when suddenly Eze was signing for Spurs' biggest rival Arsenal. So how did it all go down?